Erpfingen Castle
| Erpfingen Castle | |
|---|---|
| Castle type : | Location |
| Conservation status: | departed |
| Place: | Sonnenbühl- Erpfingen |
The castle Erpfingen is an Outbound castle in the village Erpfingen, a municipality part of the community Sonnenbühl in the district of Reutlingen ( Baden-Württemberg ).
The castle, which cannot be precisely located, was owned by the Schenken von Erpfingen , was sold in 1347 by Burkhard Schenk von Erpfingen for 400 pounds Heller to Count Heinrich and Eberhard von Werdenberg and in 1450 came to the Count of Württemberg . After 1450 the castle was used as a rectory. In 1864 the rectory was demolished, the tower blown up and the rock of the local castle blown away.
literature
- Max Miller , Gerhard Taddey (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-520-27602-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on Erpfingen Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".
- ↑ Erpfingen at leo-bw.de